Stories and Mischief

Nothing rhymes with Orange

1Sep

Orange has a bad reputation, one it doesn’t deserve.

It’s seen as garish, or associated with Halloween and all things pumpkin. [I know there are pumpkin spice fans out there just waiting for the starter gun of fall to signal the return of market saturation (new: pumpkin spice bratwurst! Seriously, if you want to see how far it’s gone — and I know these are NOT all photoshopped — check out this silliness) but it’s not time yet! You can’t make us!]

Orange is used this way, I’m not arguing with that, but it’s not the only way to see it.

Orange is also associated with the positives of healing, wisdom, flourishing emotions, as well as inspiring courage, reasoning ability, and is said to stimulate the appetite (maybe that’s why it’s connected to the whole pumpkin spice craze).

It’s also connected to a crescent or triangle shape. Its sense is taste (thus the appetite stimulant), its direction is west and its element is water.